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M A NSE Newsletter for friends of the College of Visual Arts

AUGUST 2009

Message from the President we live in a visual world where creative expression is manifested in the simple things that surround us. The trained artist or designer thinks beyond the first rendition of an idea, testing the limits of their creative powers to respond to what is unseen by most of us, making it perceptible.

Fall Admissions Events september 23 Information Session prior to the CVA Leaders of Design reception october 15 Fall Open House for prospective students november 7 & 14 Portfolio Building Workshop for art school admissions

At the College of Visual Arts we pride ourselves in providing an environment that stimulates creative problem solving through experiential learning, research, and visual analysis. We recognize the individual talents of all of our students and support their creative development within a clearly sequenced curriculum in graphic

New Student Orientation picnic in July. Photo by Demeri Mullikin

november 11 Information Session and Portfolio Night for Applicants november 21 Documentation and Essay Writing Workshop for art school admissions

design, illustration, photography, fine arts, and interdisciplinary design studies. The liberal arts are a key component to a cva education. They are fully integrated throughout the curriculum and foster critical thinking in art and design. In the studio, students acquire the skills necessary to explore their ideas and execute their concepts. Through professional studies and internships they are prepared to enter the professional world of art and design. What sets a cva graduate apart from other emerging artists and designers is their strong work ethic, coupled with an unquenchable curiosity and skilled resourcefulness.

Save That Date! We believe that our students’ education is the passage into the future. With a cva education, our students are prepared to meet the challenges of a changing world. We are educating our students to be creative problem solvers with a toolbox of resources. cva alumni are community leaders, trendsetters, and entrepreneurs. They are setting the pace for change and innovation in art, design, and commerce. Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen, and thinking what nobody has thought. albert szent-gyorgi Hungarian Biochemist 1937 Nobel Prize for Medicine ann ledy President

ABOUT THE COLLEGE The College of Visual Arts is a private, accredited, four-year college of art and design offering

december 4 High School Art Teacher Reception prior to the cva Art Sale

a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in fine arts, graphic design, illustration, interdisciplinary design studies, and photography. The fine arts degree offers concentrations in drawing, painting, printmaking, and sculpture. The interdisciplinary design studies degree offers a concentration in fashion. Founded in 1924, the college is located in the thriving urban residential areas of historic Summit Avenue and Ramsey Hill in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Drawing Immersion for the College-Bound Artist, pre-college summer class.

Cutting Edge: A Course in Fashion Design, pre-college summer class.

Photo by Val Youngquist

www.cva.edu

august 27 Annual Faculty Exhibition thru sep 12 31 Classes begin 8:30 am september 3 Convocation 6:00 pm Virginia Street Swedenborgian Church 3 Annual Faculty Exhibition CVA Gallery Reception 6:00–8:00 pm 7 Labor Day, no classes 9, 16, 23 Historic Walking Tours with Larry Millet 6:30–8:00 pm 10 Annual Faculty Exhibition Faculty Presentations 6:00–9:00 pm 12 Drawing Co–op thru dec 12 Western 404, Saturdays 1:00–3:30 pm 22 2009 Leaders of Design Series: Patrick Coyne Lecture Minnesota History Center 7:00 pm 23 2008 Leaders of Design Series: Communication Arts Magazine 50th Anniversary Exhibition thru oct 17 CVA Gallery Reception 6:00–8:00 pm october 3 CAGC Fall Art Tour CVA Gallery Reception 5:00–8:00 pm 29 The Minnesota Eye: Contemporary Photography thru nov 14 Opening Reception 6:00–8:00 pm november 16 - 18 Higher Learning Commission Campus Visit 25 Thanksgiving Recess Begins, no classes 30 Classes resume 8:30 am december 4 - 6 Annual Holiday Art Sale CVA Gallery Friday Preview Party 5:00–8:00 pm Saturday Sale 10:00 am–4:00 pm Sunday Sale 12:00–4:00 pm 15 Last Day of Classes Go to www.cva.edu, for additional upcoming events.

NEW ADDITIONS Please welcome the following new faculty and staff. Sheila Dickinson Art since 1945 Andrew Leicester Public Art Diane Mullin Museum Gallery Studies Paul Storch Science of Art Conservation Gary Perkins Chief Financial Officer

ACADEMIC LEADERS John DuFresne Chair Graphic Design Nathaniel Freeman 3-D Coordinator Julie L’Enfant, PhD Chair Liberal Arts Valerie Jenkins Chair Fine Arts John Marshall Chair Photography Lynda Monick-Isenberg Chair of Foundation Studies Maria Santiago Coordinator of Printmaking JoAnne Schuna Coordinator of Illustration Christina Schmid, PhD Internship and Thesis Coordinator

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Campus News

Student Corner

holiday art sale Mark your calendar for cva’s newly expanded Holiday Art Sale December 5 and 6. This year’s sale promises to be ripe with fresh artwork for you to peruse and purchase. Your best bet at snatching up the hottest artwork is to attend the Preview Party on Friday, December 4. Preview tickets are $20 purchased in advance online, or $25 at the door. The sale features artwork by students, alumni, faculty, and staff. Selected sale artwork and prints from the CVA Art Archives will be included in a silent auction. The auction closes at 3:00 pm on Sunday. Proceeds benefit cva scholarship funds.

cva food drive CVA students and staff donated almost 200 pounds of food last year to our neighbors at the Hallie Q. Brown Center. This year’s drive will be in December. The CVA Library also collects food donations throughout the year. For fy09 the library’s Food for Fines Program, which allows students to pay off their overdue fines by bringing in non-perishable food items, took in 358 pounds of food that were donated to the needy.

the higher learning commission The College of Visual Arts is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and will host a regularly scheduled evaluation visit on November 16–18. Public comment about cva is invited – please see the cva web site, www.cva.edu, for more information about the public comment process. president ledy in the news President Ann Ledy has been appointed to the Education Committee of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. This committee, comprised

Mike Reed and Jane Tilka at the opening reception of Mike’s summer solo exhibition, Mike Reed: Drawn from Practice, featuring drawings, prints, and paintings. Photo by Kolean Pitner

Students enjoying the 1940s themed year-end dance. Photo by Steve Stenzel

of designers and educators, is responsible for informing a discussion around all educational programming and endeavors with the goal of reaching as wide and diverse an audience as possible. Earlier this year President Ledy had work in the exhibition Nueva York El papel de las últimas vanguardias at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Esteban

Vicente in Segovia, Spain. The show presented a selection of 117 works by 71 artists that are from the collection of Wynn Kramarsky. Her work is featured in the accompanying catalog and she wrote several essays related to other artists in the show. She also has work featured in the 2008 publication, 560 Broadway: a New York drawing collection at

work, 1991–2006. The book, published by Fifth Floor Foundation (New York) in association with Yale University Press, chronicles the history of the collection and exhibition space, at 560 Broadway in New York, of Wynn Kramarsky. His collection is considered one of the most remarkable private collections of modern and contemporary American drawings in the United States.

new clubs for students Two new student organizations were created last spring. The Bowling Club meets on Thursdays at Midway Bowl for open bowling and general socializing. The Triathlon Club has responded to cva students’ desire for fitness. While actual competition is not required to participate in the club, Cynthia Oconer competed in her first Olympic-length triathlon on Saturday, July 11, 2009 in the Life Time Fitness Triathlon at Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis. Several other club members were on hand to cheer her on. Congratulations Cynthia. cva interns in exhibition Spring graduates Amanda Olson and Jamie Sandhurst had work this summer in the Form+Content Gallery

exhibition, Tabula Rasa, which celebrated the work of 15 young artists who have worked as interns at the Minneapolis gallery. cva student council Hannah Frick, a fine arts junior, has been selected as president of the 2009–2010 Student Council. Rudy Arnold, a photography and graphic design major, was selected as vicepresident. The 2008– 2009 school year closed with a Student Council sponsored dance with a 1940s theme including swing dance instruction. Student Council participation has grown and there is a lot of enthusiasm for activities in the new school year. We are looking forward to welcome back picnics, corn mazes, and Halloween and renewed leadership from Hannah and Rudy. students exhibit work at hopkins center for the arts cva student Allan Salmi as well as May graduates Audrey Axt and Justin Botoshe were selected to exhibit work in the 3rd Biennial Undergraduate Showcase at the Hopkins Center for the Arts. The exhibition featured work from metro area, collegelevel Fine Arts programs, and ran from January 15 to February 22, 2009.

Sarah Ekstrom 09, Trent Stadler 11, Steve Stenzel 03, Evan Nagan 09, and Hannah Frick 11 completed the 2009 Chisago Lakes Spirit Triathlon in July. Photo by Steve Stenzel

Congratulations to the 2009 Excellence in Scholarship Award recipients. Photo by Bill Kelley

Lifelong Learning historic walking tours Writer and historian Larry Millett, author of AIA Guides: Twin Cities: The Essential Source on the Architecture of Minneapolis and St. Paul, and St. Paul’s Summit Avenue and Hill District, will lead three walking tours this September. The fall tours will highlight the Minneapolis downtown riverfront, Nicollet Island, and the Lake District. Tours are September 9, 16, and 23,

6:30– 8 pm with a $50 fee for all three tours. More information and registration visit cva.edu. open figure drawing co-op On Saturday, September 12, CVA’s Open Figure Drawing Co-op returns. During the fall semester the sessions will be held every Saturday through December 12, with no sessions November 20 and December 5. The coop runs from 1:00–3:30 pm in room 404 of the

Western building and the $10 fee (cash only) is paid at the door. The co-op is open to both experienced and beginning artists who wish to enhance their figure drawing skills. For more information about any of these programs, please contact Carmen Harris at charris@cva.edu. Registration forms for all programs are posted online at cva.edu. page 3

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Campus News

Student Corner

Mike Reed and Jane Tilka at the opening reception of Mike’s summer solo exhibition, Mike Reed: Drawn from Practice, featuring drawings, prints, and paintings. Photo by Kolean Pitner

Students enjoying the 1940s themed year-end dance. Photo by Steve Stenzel

Sarah Ekstrom 09, Trent Stadler 11, Steve Stenzel 03, Evan Nagan 09, and Hannah Frick 11 completed the 2009 Chisago Lakes Spirit Triathlon in July. Photo by Steve Stenzel

Congratulations to the 2009 Excellence in Scholarship Award recipients. Photo by Bill Kelley

Proud @ CVA 2008–2009 CVA BOARD OF TRUSTEES Tim Larsen Chair President and Founder, Larsen Design Andrea Specht Vice-Chair Attorney, Dorsey and Whitney LLP Stephen P. Patrick, Secretary President and CEO, BWBR Architects, Inc. James Miller Treasurer Principal, James Miller Investment Realty Company Anne DeCoster Artist Thomas Hubler Principal, Hubler Family Business Consultants Ann Ledy President & Chief Academic Officer, College of Visual Arts Karen Mueller Management Consultant Jeff F. Nelson Public Affairs Director, American Public Media/MPR Kit Richardson Principal, Schafer Richardson James Rubenstein Attorney, Moss & Barnett A Professional Association

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abbi allan faculty had work in the show, Death by 1000 Cuts, at Gallery 13 in mpls. richard barlow faculty had work exhibited in Landscape at Thomas Barry Fine Arts in mpls and in Bromides at ArtHouse in New London, mn. He co-curated the 6th annual Heliotrope Music Festival at the Ritz Theater in mpls. pat benicasa faculty has published the book Art Student Field Guide: How to Trust your Informed Creative Self, Recognize Opportunities and Identify Challenges. kim benson alum 08 had her work named Best of Show at the 10th regional juried exhibition, Art on the Plains X, at the Plains Art Museum in Fargo, ND. evan baden alum 07 had one of his pieces from his Illuminati series added to the permanent collection at the Milwaukee Art Museum and three images from this series appeared in an issue of Wissen, the magazine of the German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung. allen brewer alum 97 & faculty participated in a lecture series at St. Olaf College and exhibited work at Cafe Barbette. He also had four of his works accepted into the 2009

American Illustration Annual that will be published this fall. ed charbonneau alum 99 & faculty created a huge American flag that participants from statewide non-profit youth organizations used as a rallying device within the capital rotunda for Youth Day at the Minnesota State Capital. jesse draxler alum 07 had work included in Open Door 5, a juried exhibition at Rosalux Gallery in mpls. jamey erickson alum 04 & faculty was featured in a Rake Magazine article. He has launched Emerging Designers Website, where Minnesota entry-level designers can connect with other designers, learn about the Minnesota design community, and access resources for professional development. And his company, Sevnthsin, has just released iMated, the new iPhone app that is getting a lot of attention by the media. linda gammell faculty was in the BirdxBird show, which was a benefit for the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and the Audubon Society. caroline houdek alum 01 & staff was awarded the Midwest Regional Society for Photographic

Education’s annual scholarship to attend the SPE conference and will be a guest speaker at the MWSPE Regional Conference in mpls in October. sue kosmalski faculty had work shown in exhibitions at the 801 Gallery in mpls, the Katherine E. Nash Gallery at the U of MN, and the Form+Content Gallery. barbara kreft faculty had an exhibition at the Circa Gallery in mpls. dr. julie l’enfant faculty presented a lecture on Pioneer Modernists: Minnesota’s First Generation of Women Artists at the 7th Annual Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities Art History Faculty Symposium. brian lund alum 98 had work featured in two shows in NYC: A Viewing Room Project at the Frederieke Taylor Gallery and a solo show, A Very Real and Very Dark Time, at the SmithStewart Gallery. john marshall faculty had work featured in F+C X2 at the Form+Content Gallery. michelle mccreery faculty had work on display at the Sanctuary Restaurant in mpls.

larry millett faculty had two new guidebooks published this spring: AIA Guide to St. Paul’s Summit Avenue and Hill District and AIA Guide to the Minneapolis Lake District. lynda monickisenberg faculty had her work accepted for the Conney Conference online project at the U of Wisconsin Madison. She has work included in Intimate Immensity, a 2008 print portfolio of Form+Content members that the Walker Art Center has added to its permanent collection. She was a contributing artist in Interpretations of Faith, Woman Artist in the Jewish and Christian Traditions at the Basilica of St. Mary in mpls. She co-curated a group exhibition, Unbundling the Housing Crisis, and had work in the F+C X2 show at the Form+Content Gallery. During this year she was asked by the Minneapolis Public Schools Art for Academic Achievement Program to develop and teach observational drawing teacher workshops for high school math and science curriculum and collaborated with Minneapolis Public School science teachers to develop and teach observational strategies in biology courses. cassandra monson alum 02 held a weeklong summer

University in ma as an Assistant Professor of Studio Art.

Kolean Pitner, Mike Reed, and JoAnne Schuna at the January Faculty and Staff Orientation Dinner

michael slagle alum 00 will have one of his paintings featured in the book The Map As Art by Katharine Harmon. He also was in the group show The Resonating Object at the Lex Leonard Gallery in Jersey City, nj.

Photo by Demeri Mullikin

art camp for students at Homewood Studios in mpls. joshua w. murray alum 06 had a showing at The Audubon Gallery at Audubon Coffee in mpls. evan nagan alum 09 received an honorable mention for a series of posters submitted to the AIGA Flux 08 student design competition. He also had design work selected for publication in CMYK Magazine #43 (March 2009) which featured 119 project selections from nearly 100 students and graduates from more than 30 art and design schools. garrett perry alum 08 had work featured in Art is a Four Letter Word at the Fox Tax Gallery in mpls and in Open Door 5, a juried exhibition at the Rosalux Gallery in mpls. Mike Reed faculty had a solo show, Mike

Reed: Drawn from Practice, featuring drawings, prints, and paintings at the CVA Gallery this summer. deidre rosenboom alum 00 has designed and operates The Wine Bar and Art Gallery in Arnolds Park, IA. Jesse Ross alum 03 & faculty was featured in a Rake Magazine article. Joan Rothfuss faculty was awarded a grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation/Creative Capital Arts Writers Program for her book Topless Cellist: The Improbable Life of Charlotte Moorman, which will be published by MIT Press. amy sands faculty had a solo exhibition at the Central Lakes College Art Gallery, Brainerd, mn, and was a guest juror for the Central Lakes College Student

Art Exhibition. dr. christina schmid faculty has been invited to be the Jerome Art Critic for 2009. She will write catalog essays on each of the Jerome artists. She had an article in the Jan/Feb issue of Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism and she presented a trialogue, a three-way conversation between artists, critics, and the public, at the mia. jeremy schock alum 05 was one of six local artists featured in Spotish at Spot Art Gallery and participated in Open Portfolio Day in May at the Highpoint Center for Printmaking in mpls. Toby Sisson alum 03 had a mfa exhibition at the Katherine Nash Gallery and graduated in June from the U of MN with a mfa in painting and drawing. This fall she will be joining the faculty of Clark

todd starks alum 00 had work featured in the Spring Gallery Walk, Milward Farrell Fine Art in Madison, wi. jeremy szopinski alum 98 is attending Pratt Institute to pursue a mfa in painting. carrie thompson alum 08 was named a recipient of the 2009–10 McKnight Artist Fellowships for Photographers. pam valfer faculty had work in the exhibition Touch, A Survey of Contemporary Drawing at the Catherine G. Murphy Gallery at the College of St. Catherine.

SPRING 2009 PRESIDENT’S LIST Congratulations to the following students who earned a 3.50 GPA for the spring semester and carried at least 15 credit hours. Havilah Aos Michael Arney Audrey Axt Todd Balthazor Megan Bartz Nathan Besser Emily-linnea Bulen Andrew Conway Gretchen Doebler S’tayarr Ereth Laura Falkenberg Stephanie Frey James Ischer Joseph Kuefler Forrest Kvistad Jamie Larson Genevieve Mariani Katie McMurray Christa Meyer, Nicole Monjeau Leah Morrison Stacy Nesbitt Meghan O’Hare Cynthia Oconer Julia Ohmann Lindsay Paczkowski Stephan Peters Danielle Reese Steven Rohricht Jamie Sandhurst Emily Schroeder Andrew Weaver Carly Wright

andrea la valleurPurvis alum 99 was interviewed on DCTH, a design community on twitter. amzie wendt alum 05 had work in the exhibition Human Conditions at the Black Dog Café in St. Paul.

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University in ma as an Assistant Professor of Studio Art.

Kolean Pitner, Mike Reed, and JoAnne Schuna at the January Faculty and Staff Orientation Dinner

Photo by Demeri Mullikin

andrea la valleurPurvis alum 99 was interviewed on DCTH, a design community on twitter. amzie wendt alum 05 had work in the exhibition Human Conditions at the Black Dog Café in St. Paul.

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Alumni Column MAY 2009 GRADUATES The following 33 students finished their coursework in May. Congratulations to: Audrey Axt Justin Botoshe Mark Bune* Lauren Clapp Andrew Conway Gretchen Doebler Joshua Grubbs Brice Hemmer Noah Jackson Christopher Jolly Matthew R. Jorgensen Nicholas Knutson Alissa Koch* Megan Kociscak Sandra Lanigan Cory Loven Mark Lucas Nicole Monjeau* Evan Nagan* Amanda Olson* Thomas Pedersen Diana Quenomoen Rachael Sablak Jamie Sandhurst** Jenna Schneiderman Emily Schroeder* Jenna Schuldt Adam Shambour Jacob Sullivan Halliday Talbott Roderick Trice Christopher Ward Emily Weigel ** Magna Cum Laude * Cum Laude

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Gallery News

the camera collaborative The Camera Collaborative is in full swing! This is a new project where alumni receive a disposable camera in the mail, take one photograph of something red, and send the camera to the next person on the list. More than 110 alumni have 12 cameras circulating. The developed photographs will be exhibited at the Summit Building, details to come soon. The project is currently closed to new participants, but due to the demand of this project, look for new exciting collaborations to come. cva sunken garden update The sunken garden at cva continues to get a make-over. After a clean-up in October, a dedicated group of alumni and staff have sprayed and tilled the area in preparation for mulch and flower beds. If you would like to volunteer some time, flowers, or make a financial donation to this effort, please contact Mike Pearson at atomicmike2@mac.com. alumni exhibition and reunion This year’s Alumni Reunion was attended by over 200 alumni, returning to cva from as far as New York and Seattle. Alumni celebrated the opening of this year’s Alumni Exhibition which showcased works that are

CONTACT INFORMATION MANSE is a newsletter published two times a year by the College of Visual Arts. Submission of information for future issues can be sent to kheuer@cva.edu. Editor Kathy Heuer Designer John DuFresne

Andrea La Valleur 99 and Marian Bluhm Zapf 01 at the alumni summer reunion

A National Exhibition of Selected Photographs and Sculptures from the Collections of Gary and JoAnn Fink and their Museum Louvre It Or Leave It.

Photo by Bill Kelley

12” x 12”. More than 50 works were featured in a range of media. Mark your calendars for next year’s exhibition and reunion on Friday, June 11 from 6–9 pm.

with justifiable pride as he milled through the crowd congratulating present students, former students, and faculty members on their award winning designs.

cva alumni, faculty and students rock the aiga design Show The most exceptional print and interactive design work in the upper Midwest was featured at the AIGA Minnesota Design Show reception at the Weisman Art Museum on March 19, 2009. Out of the hundreds of show entries, 85 designs were selected by four nationally prominent designers who were judges for the show. John DuFresne, cva’s Graphic Design Department Chair, was beaming

Included in this esteemed group were: Alison Beattie Greg Brose Barbara Brown Jo Davison David Dresbach Peet Fetsch Chris Henderson Ben Levitz Gordon McIntyre-Lee David Molanphy Colleen Meyer Kelly Munson Evan Nagan Alan Peters David Swanson Braden Wise Nick Zdon.

The Unanimous Judges Choice–Best in Show Award went to CVA graduate Braden Wise ‘08 for his A-B-See Visual/Verbal Dictionary, which was his cva senior thesis project. Judge David Schuemann said, “Over the two days of judging, this is the one entry that we all kept discussing. It was the full package: an absolutely brilliant concept and a great thoughtful design with witty copywriting. The solution is tight enough to go to market immediately. My suggestion – hire Braden before some other lucky studio does!”

annual faculty exhibition Fall semester begins the exhibition season at the College of Visual Arts Gallery. The first show is the 2009 Annual Faculty Exhibition. This exhibition features works by faculty who teach in fine arts, foundation studies, graphic design, illustration, interdisciplinary design studies, liberal arts, and photography. Visit the gallery from August 27 through September 12 to see this wide range of work. A reception will be held Thursday, September 3 from 6–8 pm. Faculty who choose not to exhibit visual work in the exhibition will give a presentation pertaining to their professional practice or

scholarly research. The faculty presentations are Thursday, September 10 from 6–9 pm and are open to the general public. 2009 cva leaders of design series The College of Visual Arts, in conjunction with AIGA Minnesota, is pleased to feature Patrick Coyne, editor and designer of Communication Arts (CA) magazine, the leading trade journal for visual communications, in this year’s series. CA showcases top work in graphic design, advertising, illustration, photography, and interactive design, and will be celebrating its 50th anniversary.

Patrick Coyne will speak at an evening lecture at 7:00 pm on September 22, 2009 at the Minnesota History Center, and will share with us an exhibition of the magazine at the CVA Gallery opening from 6:00–8:00 pm on September 23 and running through October 17, 2009. Mark your calendar now! the minnesota eye: contemporary photography Over the past three decades, the Twin Cities has become a significant hub for photographic achievement. Many photographers from Minnesota have received national and international acclaim. The Minnesota Eye: Con-

Contributors Lois Caneday John DuFresne Carmen Harris Kathy Heuer Bill Kelley Ann Ledy Demeri Mullikin Elyan Paz Kolean Pitner Steve Stenzel Anne White Val Youngquist

temporary Photography features work from many of these extraordinary photographers. Please join us for the opening reception on Thursday, October 29 from 6:00–8:00 pm. The exhibition will run through November 14.

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